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Category Archives: Library
Surprise – a Personal Brand is a By-product!
At the 2011 ALA Midwinter Meeting at San Diego, I moderated a panel discussion about personal branding sponsored by ACRL New Members Discussion Group. The program aimed at providing new and budding librarians with an opportunity to think about personal … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Librarianship, Library, Social Media, Technology
Tagged ACRL, new librarains, new members discussion group, personal branding, social media
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Afraid of Marketing? How about a Tagline?
Marketing often comes up as a topic of discussion at libraries since there is much room for improvement for library advocacy and marketing. I have been always a bit afraid of marketing simply because it was never in my background … Continue reading
Practically Speaking – about Streaming the LITA Board Meeting
As many librarians know by now, on Saturday January 8th at the ALA Midwinter, there was a LITA board meeting. Jason Griffey, one of the LITA board members live-streamed the event. Having not been notified of this in advance, the … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Conference, Librarianship, Library, Web
Tagged ala midwinter 2011, board meeting, lita, streaming
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Tweet Up & Pre-Tweet Up at 2011 ALA MW San Diego
A San Diego librarian, Dan Suchy (@danwho) and I are organizing the exciting 3rd Newbie & Veteran Librarian Tweet-up at the ALA 2011 Midwinter conference in San Diego, CA! Dan is also organizing a Pre-Tweet Up for “Craft Beers” on … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Conference, Library
Tagged 2011, ALA, midwinter, new librarians, San Diego, social events, Tweet-up
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LITA Mobile Computing IG Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2011
I am very excited about the LITA Mobile Computing IG Meeting at ALA Midwinter 2011. If you are interested in mobile devices and libraries, please join for the lively and informal discussion. Great presentations and discussion topics are already lined … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, ALA, Conference, handheld, lita, midwinter, mobile, mobile computing interest group, San Diego
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The way we communicate, Facebook, libraries, and life
Monday this week, Facebook announced its new messaging system. The new messaging system is Facebook’s attempt to unify SMS, email, instant messaging, and Facebook’s existing messaging service in the already powerful and vast social network platform with five hundred million … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Social Media, Technology
Tagged communication, facebook, Library, Technology
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Some thoughts about “The Desk Setup”
One of my favorite blogs written by a librarian(s) is In the Library with the Lead Pipe. This blog consistently addresses issues that are not usually discussed either openly or in-depth but are nevertheless of many librarians’ interests, such as … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged in the library with the lead pipe, interview, librarians
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What is your management style?
Jenica Rogers wrote a thoughtful post today about management at her blog, Attempting Elegance. In her post, “Lessons Learned: Micromanaging,” she reflects on her management style as a new library director. She talks about how her personal strength and talent … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged Library, management, micromanaging, supervising
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Interview with Brand-New Librarians III – Laura O’Brien
For the third and the last post of the Interview with Brand-new Librarians series, I interviewed Laura O’Brien. Laura graduated from Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science in May, 2009. Laura had completed her eight months’ of job … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, LIS
Tagged interview with brand-new librarians, job, job search, Laura O’Brien, MLS, post-MLS
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Interview with Brand-new Librarians II – Kiyomi Deards
For the second post of the Interview with Brand-new Librarians series, I interviewed Kiyomi Deards. Kiyomi is an ex-chemist who quit her full-time chemist work in order to attend an MLS program full-time. She loves science and research and writes … Continue reading
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Tagged interview with brand-new librarians, job, job search, Kiyomi Deards, MLS, post-MLS
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